TEN hotspot streets accounted for one in six of all parking fines in Macclesfield town centre last year.

Cheshire East Council has revealed a list of the most targeted roads since wardens were launched on May 14, 2008.

Coming out top with 479 fines – more than ten a week – was Exchange Close, off Exchange Street behind Cheshire Building Society.

The cul-de-sac, which has single yellow lines along both sides as well as a small number of taxi bays, was being heavily used by cabs – a number parked illegally – when the Express visited yesterday (Tuesday, June 16).

"Drivers literally run off to the shops and within five minutes there is a warden giving a ticket," he said. "I can sit waiting in my cab and see a few cars get tickets. People just leave them willy nilly. They (wardens) have started picking on us now. They have been told to log our numbers and times we are parked and give us tickets even if we are in our cars. We are just trying to do our jobs. It stinks."

One disabled driver said: "I have sat here and watched wardens fill out tickets against people who have just stopped to nip to the shops. This month there seem to be more wardens than ever."